Gdev VP
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
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Job Summary
About GDEV
GDEV makes private equity and private credit investments in middle-market sustainable infrastructure businesses. The GDEV team leverages deep experience in project development structured finance and operations to identify top-tier management teams and help them navigate periods of significant growth and change.
GDEV manages nearly half a billion dollars and has invested in over a dozen high growth companies. GDEVs investments include a wide range of sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy technologies with a focus on distributed energy resources (DERs). Our sector expertise includes solar power battery storage hydroelectric generation energy efficiency electrified transport and sustainable fuels.
Position Overview
GDEV seeks to hire aVice Presidentto join its investment team in New York City.The role offers exposure to all facets of the investment process including sourcing structuring due diligence financial analysis and legal documentation.The Vice President will serve as a senior member of the investment team with primary responsibility for leading the execution ofnew investmentsfrom screening through closing and for managing GDEVs engagementwith portfolio companiesthroughvalue creationand exit. The role carries meaningful origination responsibility direct interaction with management teams and investment committees and day-to-day oversight and mentoring of AVPs and Associates. The successfulcandidate will be expected to grow into afuture leader of the platform as GDEV continues to scale its capital base and shift toward controltransactionsin equity and expand its credit strategy.
What You will DO AT GDEV
- Lead due diligence workstreams across commercial financial technical legal and tax topics including selection and management of external advisors
- Structure and negotiate transactions including term sheets and definitive documentation
- Build review and pressure-test complex financial models ensuring analytical rigor in base case underwriting and sensitivity analysis
- Author investment memoranda and present opportunities to GDEVs senior management and investment committee
- Serve as primary day-to-day relationship lead for portfolio companies including board observation monitoring of operating performance and engagement with management on strategy capital structure and capex planning
- Drive value creation initiatives at portfolio companies including strategic positioning capital markets transactions and operational improvement programs
- Lead asset and corporate-level acquisition merger and exit processes including buy-side and sell-side execution
- Support fundraising and LP relations including preparation of materials attendance at LP meetings and participation in due diligence sessions with prospective investors
- Manage and mentor AVPs and associates including direct supervision of modeling diligence and memo preparation.
- Maintain and review valuation models for GDEVs quarterly valuation process and related internal reporting
- Interact with third parties such as external counsel lenders the fund administrator fund and transaction counsel and other service providers
What You Will Bring to GDEV
- Bachelors degree from a top-tier accredited four-year college or university
- 57 years experience in private equity investment banking infrastructure investing renewable energy development and/or project finance
- Industry experience in real assets / industrials with preference for expertise specifically in power and renewable energy
- Demonstrated track record leading transactions end-to-end including origination structuring diligence negotiation closing and post-close portfolio engagement
- Experience managing junior investment professionals and external advisors
- Advanced Excel knowledge and ability to build and understand complex financial models
- Proficiency reviewing and understanding legal contracts
- Sound judgment: ability to assess risk-adjusted returns synthesize complex information and make investment recommendations often with incomplete data
- Strong written and verbal communication: ability to distill complex financial and operational analysis into clear compelling investment narratives for senior stakeholders
- Ability to influence and drive alignment for all stakeholders.
- Intellectual curiosity and entrepreneurial drive: passion for energy transition and a builders mentality suited to a fast-growing platform
- Leadership presence: credibility with management teams co-investors lenders and external counterparties and the ability to represent GDEV in market
- Appreciation for face-to-face interactions and working within a closely aligned team.
What GDEV Offers
GDEV provides a competitive compensation and benefits package and a summary is provided below. Please note that base annual salary range information serves as a general guideline. The base annual salary range for this position in New York City is $180000 to $230000. Individual base annual salaries are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education experience knowledge skills and geography. Eligible employees will have access to comprehensive insurance and benefits including:
- Medical Dental Vision Life/AD&D Short-term disability Long-term disability
- Retirement Savings with Company Match
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Holidays
- Parental Leave Benefits
- Family Building Benefits
- Supplemental and Voluntary Benefits
- Company Events
GDEV is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law. If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process please contact GDEV Human Resources at: Include your full name the best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.
Federal law prohibits job discrimination based on race color sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin religion age equal pay disability and genetic information.
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